st: RE: RE: adding the variable name to the label text

["Snapp, Kevin Michael" <ksnapp@iupui.edu>]

Thank you, worked like a charm.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah Edgington
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 4:50 PM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: RE: adding the variable name to the label text

Kevin,
It's not clear from what you posted what you've tried to do to change the labels.
Adding the following line at the end of your loop should accomplish what you
need:
label var `x' "`x' `u'"

-Sarah

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Snapp, Kevin Michael
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:27 PM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: adding the variable name to the label text

I have a large PSID file I am working on.  As many of you will know the variable names aren't the most informative.  I would like to add the current variable names (like ER360001) to the front of the variable label string.
After that is done I will go through and manually rename the variables that I want one by one.  If have been able to use the following  to display what I want in the new label's, but I can't seem to change the labels.

. foreach x of varlist _all{
  2. local u : variable label `x'
  3. display  "`x'"  " " "`u'"
  4. }

Any input is appreciated.

Kevin Snapp


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